IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marshfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961WI141002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961WI141002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961WI141002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90B - Loyal Catena DSM Spatial Update
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1550
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35158
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 44.6413879
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1063919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI141—Wood
  • MLRA: 90B—Central Wisconsin Thin Loess Dissected Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI141—Wood County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul H. Carroll and G.B. Lee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshfield
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    POA

    QUERC

    TRIFO

    ULMUS

    Acer

    Poa

    Quercus

    Trifolium

    Ulmus

    maple

    bluegrass

    oak

    clover

    elm

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    albic horizon

    reduced matrix

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    0—142

    10—20

    10—76

    20—36

    36—114

    76—76

    —20—

    —142—

    —10—

    —66—

    —16—

    —78—

    —0—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12188
    Eg—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12189
    Bg—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12190
    Btg1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam, silty clay loam; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12191
    Btg2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12192. patchy - phpvsfiid 1747565; patchy - phpvsfiid 1747565
    2Bt1—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam, stony sandy loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12193
    2Bt2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12194
    2C—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and coarse mottles; massive parts to weak very fine subangular blocky; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12195